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Customer Story
From Knitting Needles to Crochet Dolls: Ingrid's Unexpected Creative Journey
A lifelong knitter, Ingrid picked up a crochet hook during a six-week recovery from surgery. One blanket later she was hooked, and she has now made...
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The One Craft She Could Never Master: Jean's Crochet Journey
Jean had knitted for years, and crochet was the one skill that would not come. That is exactly why she went after it. Three years on...
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She Turns Her Practice Swatches Into Baby Blankets: Leslie's Story
Sixty years in, Leslie still reads the pattern first and still makes a tension swatch containing every stitch. Then she sews the swatches into car seat...
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Self-Taught at Eleven, Still Hooked at Sixty: Esther's Crochet Journey
Esther taught herself to crochet at eleven from a booklet inside a magazine in South Africa. Forty-eight years later she fits it around a full-time job...
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Her Therapist Told Her to Keep Crocheting: Kat's Story
Kat tried crochet in 2018 and gave up. Five years and three children later she tried again, and within three months she had made a Pearl...
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When Knitting Became Difficult, Crochet Opened a New Door: Vicki's Story
For most of her life Vicki was a knitter, until arthritis made it too painful. Then her sister taught her to crochet, and Crochetree gave her...
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The Doll Is Never Just a Doll: Maggie's Crochet Journey
For more than fifty years, Maggie has poured love into every stitch. She shares how doilies and baby blankets led her to Crochetree, and why every...
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Make It Uniquely You: Kaz's Crochet Journey
Kaz taught herself to crochet at seventeen from a book she found in a shopping mall. Fifteen years later, every doll she makes carries her signature...
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With Love in Every Stitch: Tere's Crochet Journey
Tere learned to crochet at her mother's side when she was six years old. Today she makes sweaters, amigurumi, and Crochetree dolls for the people she...
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The Gifts We Make Become Keepsakes: Anita's Crochet Legacy
Taught by her grandmother at twelve, Anita has turned crochet into a family legacy. She shares how Granny Grace became her first Crochetree doll and why...
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The Hobby That Started at a Hospital Bedside: Leanne's Crochet Journey
Leanne's doll making began beside her father's hospital bed in 2021. What started with simple granny squares has grown into a collection of 19 handmade Crochetree...
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From I Can't Do This to I Did It: Tinx's Crochet Journey
Tinx had crocheted since childhood but never believed she could make a doll. Then she saw Meredith. She shares how one challenging doll changed everything and...
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